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Travel's Reopening and Coronavirus Recovery

The latest news about coronavirus recovery around the world and the reopening of travel and tourism in destinations around the world.

Skift Research subscribers can view the latest data about country-by-country recovery at the Skift Recovery Index. Data about public companies can be viewed at the Skift Health Score.

Coronavirus

Airbnb and Vrbo Significantly Outperformed the Hotel Industry But for How Long?

Short-term rentals may be outperforming the hotel industry through the peak summer leisure season, but a fall downturn in family vacations could extend the drag on performance to platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

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Hotel Leaders Issue New Call for Federal Aid as Leisure Travel Lifeline Winds Down

Tweaks to existing federal programs could assist the U.S. hotel industry survive the worst of the economic fallout from coronavirus. But Washington gridlock continues to keep industry stimulus out of reach.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

Coronavirus

Accor and SBE Begin Global Expansion of Delano Hotel Brand Despite the Pandemic

The worst time ever to launch a global expansion of an iconic luxury hotel brand? Maybe not, if you are players like Accor and SBE with enough capital and Delano brand awareness.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

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Extended Stay America Outperforms Other Hotels by Doubling Down on Longer Stays

Repositioning properties to function more like apartments than hotels is a financial savior for Extended Stay America.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

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IHG Still Signed One New Hotel Deal a Day in the First Half of 2020

If you’re looking for signs of the pandemic’s negative impact on the hotel industry, IHG’s ongoing pace of hotel deals and openings isn’t it.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

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Marriott CEO Bemoans Work-From-Home Policies Impacting Trajectory of Hotel Recoveries

Marriott may be encouraged by recovery signs around the world, but it also can't afford for corporate clients to keep in place stay-at-home work policies and meeting bans until the middle of 2021.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

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Hotels Aren’t Putting People Back to Work Like Other Industries

U.S. hotel industry employment has improved by 11 points since April, but a stalled recovery and fading summer has analysts cautioning of a pending winter jobs decline.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Says Leisure Hotels Are Able to Hold Rates Without Having to Offer Deep Discounts

A hotel price war hasn't materialized as some dreaded. Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel sees an opportunity to prove the value of his brands as a source of demand for hotels and managers of alternative accommodations.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

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Choice Hotels Sees Revenue Surge From Guests Who Live Within 25 Miles of Its Hotels

If you can't make a long-haul trek to Paris this summer, why not just a short hop, skip, and a jump to a roadside hotel two towns over? That mindset seems to be working in Choice Hotels' financial favor.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

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U.S. Drops Global Travel Warning for Americans, Sending Airline Stocks Soaring

The U.S. may have lifted a blanket global travel advisory against visiting foreign countries. But that doesn't mean countries around the world are ready to welcome American travelers back while coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S.

Doina Chiacu and David Shepardson, Reuters | 4 years ago